QUOTE: she

"You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect - you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there."

— Bob Marley

LOOKIE HERE: Lollapalooza 2009 promo video!

Lollapalooza Lineup 2009 from C3 Presents Video on Vimeo

oh my god! what the fok? i'm blushing because i'm soooooo mad. i can't believe i'm not gonna be there. the lineup is amazing. fok off, feeling of mine! away! be gone!

TREE HUGGER: happy earth day!

we all know that planting a tree in your backyard is a popular way of celebrating earth day each spring. since our backyard is already a forest (literally) full of tress of different sizes, i planted some italian parsley indoor instead. i'm not exactly sure if this will do much good for the environment, but at least its organic. and i was told that this garden-in-a-bag can be transplanted to a pot or even your garden.

i got this at anthropologie on my road trip to LA. i think it is one of the most fabulous shop i have ever been to!



this is what happens in about a week. the seeds sprout!



i just took this picture. it's only been about 10 days! i can't wait to put my home-grown italian parsley in my pasta! yummmmmm!



happy earth day guys and dolls. what will you do to celebrate? check out earth day network for some ideas or find out what's going on near you!

LOOKIE HERE: lollapalooza the awesome-ness

i'm not addicted to these sort of fb/myspace games. it just happened that adam tagged me for this a few days ago and i thought this is even more awesome than the last one!

i must confess that i did not own an ipod until last year. i was oddly and strangely really anti-apple. something got to me and now i have an inherited blue-ish nano named lollapalooza the awesome-ness, soon to be lollapalooza meyers. i'm rather fond of the future mrs. jonathan rhys meyers and always feeding her the best stuff out there.



The game: If your life were a soundtrack, what would the music be?

Here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, winamp, media player, iPod)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. New question - press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool

Opening Credits: the shins, "a call to apathy"
foking great. if my life were this movie, i'm doomed.

Waking Up: spoon, "this book is a movie"
i'll publish an autobiography, which turns out to be a big success, and then they make it into a movie. not so shabby after all.

First Day At School: architecture in helsinki, "do the whirlwind"
i wish my first day of school were this incredibly sexy and awesome.

Falling in Love: interpol, "obstacle 1"
not what i imagined my falling in love would be like, but i love interpol and have no complain.

Breaking Up: yeah yeah yeahs, "y-control"
this is in a strange way utterly appropriate, and i would soooo break up to this song!

Prom: calogero, "face a la mer"
i never went to my senior prom therefore have no idea what went on, just like how i feel about the song, it's in french and i have absolutely no clue what it's about.

Life's Okay: the national, "all the wine"
what? does this mean that i enjoy life only because alcohol is my escape from reality? and apparently i turn into a total smug and act pompously when i'm intoxicated. oh nooooo! but life could be worse, i suppose.

Mental Breakdown: the wombats, "little miss pipedream"
i'm starting to get very very confused. my interpretation is that working in a dental office (like miss pipedream in the song) 9-5 everyday is the cause of my mental breakdown. yep that's it.

Driving: acid house kings, "i write summer songs for no reason"
i guess if we don't take the lyrics into consideration, this is a pretty nice song to road trip with, maybe write some summer songs while i'm away too. woop!

Flashback: razorlight, "in the morning"
wow! if my life really were this movie, i must be a very fucked up person. i mean i don't get what exactly this song is about, but it's definitely got something to do with getting shit-faced, sex/prostitution, or maybe even pete doherty.

ohhh hold the phone hold the phone, i got it! this is all making sense now. after my mental breakdown because of the dead-end job, i decided to take a road trip and wrote a hit summer song. i became a rock star and led a decadent lifestyle (therefore the autobiography) that filled with booze, blunts, and bitches. it sounds kinda awesome.

Getting Back Together: klaxons, "gravity's rainbow"
"come with me, come with me, we'll travel to infinity". i guess i really picked myself up after all that shit huh?

Wedding: sea wolf, "black dirt"
dude, what kind of sick wedding is this? a song about corruption, darkness, heartbreak, revenge, and possibly murder, soundtracking my wedding? did I have another mental breakdown or something? though i would totally play sea wolf at my wedding.

Birth of a Child: magic numbers, "long legs"
i'm going to be a bad mother.

Final Battle: the do, "on my shoulders"
after all that i've been through, it doesn't seem like i put on a very good fight in the end. well, if this was my final battle soundtrack, at least it is a stylish war.

Death Scene: the kooks, "seaside"
this song is beautiful, melancholy, and very short. surprising perfect for a death scene, although the lyrics have nothing to do with death.

Funeral Song: the pigeon detectives, "take her back"
dude what's going on at my funeral? guys get so drunk they can't even tell the girls they're hooking up with are 17 or 31?

End Credits: bay city rollers, "i only wanna be with you"
so i guess it's an upbeat and happy ending. maybe i finally find true love and happiness in the afterlife?

LOOKIE HERE: song title quiz

anthea tagged me on fb, i hate meme's but this is funnn!

Pick an artist, and using ONLY SONG TITLES from only that artist, cleverly (preferably) answer these questions. This is harder than it seems!

artist: of montreal



1. Are you a male or female:
little viola hidden in the orchestra

2. Describe yopurself:
happy yellow bumblebee

3. How do you feel about yourself:
this feeling (derek's theme)

4. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend:
the past is a grotesque animal

5. Describe your current boy/girl situation:
will you come and fetch me

6. Describe your current location:
one of a very few of a kind

7. Describe where you want to be:
let's do everything for the first time forever

8. Your best friend is:
cutie pie

9. Your favorite color is:
death of a shade of a hue

10. You know that:
it's easy to sleep when you're dead

11. What's the weather like:
it's a very starry night

12. If your life was a television show what would it be called:
st. exquisite's confessions

13. What is life to you:
don't ask me to explain

14. What is the best advice you have to give:
advice from a divorced gentleman to his bachelor friend considering marriage

15. If you could change your name what would it be:
tulip baroo

16. Describe how you live:
neat little domestic life

17. Describe how you love:
the couple in bed together under a warm blanket wrapped up in each other's arms asleep

18. What would you ask for if you had just one wish:
pancakes for one

19. What's the worst thing that could happen:
rapture rapes the muses

20. Now say goodbye:
no conclusion

LOOKIE HERE: notte sento

notte sento (english subtitles) from napdan on vimeo.

i think this is one of the most beautiful things i have ever seen. it is made up of 4500+ still photographs, sick! how pretty is that girl and her smile?

LOOKIE HERE: catch a zooey!

catch a tuesday <3



oliver peoples eyewear campaign with matt costa and zooey deschanel. featured song "i was made for you" by zooey's band she & him.

GOBBLE THIS! - thoughts on the past year

i have been back for a year. holy crap. where has the year gone? time surely flies, don't it?

as much as i hate to put you through one of those life journey and soul searching bullcrap, i'm gonna. you are more than welcome to move on to another blog that is more interesting and filled with real contents, or hell go chomp the ears off some chocolate bunnies because it's easter time. but if you're stubborn and do decide to stay, be warned. i'm going to be self-absorbed and totally obnoxious.

here it goes.

i don't think i miss england as much as i'm suppose to. i mean i still have moments where i miss my life in oxford like crazy, but those nostalgic feelings for the year in england sure have faded. though i do miss many people i met over there. every time i look at pictures from my year abroad, that life of mine felt so familiar, yet so distant, and with so many memories attached.


i think i stole this off kirby's fb

as calm and laid-back as i am these days, i have toughen up and grew balls (as my brother put it, but not literally of course). many people around me don't seem to like that. too bad because i love it. and to be completely honest, i'm too chill to give a rat's ass if its to people's liking or not. sometimes my own chill-ness amazes me, seriously, i'm worried that nothing is going to excite me anymore, and that i'm going to feel disaffected all the time. i think i miss those self-deprecation, self-loathing and general lack of self-confidence dramas a little.

i play guitars now. one of the things i started this year. why? because i refuse to wait around for a scruffy bloke who plays guitar and holds my hand to miraculously show up and fall madly in love with me. i'm going to take care of the guitar part myself so a scruffy bloke who holds my hand but doesn't play guitar can miraculously show up and fall madly in love with me. no, seriously, i started learning because i've always wanted to. and if you have a guitar instructor as cute as justin, why not? anyways, for a beginner, i'm weirdly good. my own goodness blows my own mind. no actually i'm lying. sure like to hope so though.


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i made a couple (or three) not-so-new friends in the past year, the not-so-new part is because we have been friends for ages but never really got to know each other all that well. but we did and i'm glad. i seem to have a problem telling them just how special their friendships mean to me. mainly because these things sound totally lame if you say them out loud. but also it was one of those things that came easily, not a result of time, compromise, or pretentiousness. it came so naturally it's funny to call it precious. for those lovelies who have always been there for me, i want you to know that i'm beyond grateful, even though i don't always say it.

it's been a very interesting year really. i sort of reconnected with different stages of my life and reconciled with a few people. i got my closures and also gave some. so i was told, as you grow up you start to get a sense of who/what is good for you, and who/what's not. it turned out to be totally true, no joke. having said that, i really hate smugs these days, i think smugs should stop being smugs, especially when you don't have what it takes to be one, stop it! i beg of you to just fucking stop it already.

this year i also realized how incredibly stupid and blind one can be when it comes to relationships. sometimes people have no idea what they want and what they are doing. they lose themselves in relationships, or what they called "love". but it's not like i haven't got my ends all mixed up the whole year. i guess we all can't help it. i mean it's just so hard to confidently possess your own mind when you are swept off your feet. is that why they called it "head over heels"? ahhhhh a moment of realization is always awesome.

new york was a nice way to mark the end of this year. i think i really liked new york, especially brooklyn. more on new york in a later post.

i apologize for subjecting everybody to random pictures and a stupid long-ass rant on my past year. sorry if i bored you. but i did warn you, didn't i?